You might experience the following issues while using the SAS Studio 5.2 user interface:

• Slow response when you open a table that exists in either a database or SAS^® Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) library
• Latency when typing in the editor 
• Delays switching from tab to tab

These problems are likely to occur in the following circumstances:

• The log or results file is large.
• The SAS Studio session has been in use for more than a few hours.
• The client machine that is accessing the SAS Studio URL has the minimum installed memory (8 GB).
• You are navigating through a library that contains many thousands of tables.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

After the hot fix is installed, two new Tables preferences are available to control the navigation of tables. These preferences help when performance is affected by the existence of many tables in a library:

When you enable the preference Restrict number of tables displayed when expanding libraries, you can limit the number of tables that are displayed when you expand a library in the Libraries section of the navigation pane.

The Tables displayed box is used to specify the maximum number of tables to display. You will experience better performance if this preference is set to be a lower value.

Any changes that you make to these preference settings take effect after you refresh the Libraries tree or restart SAS Studio.

If you want to access other tables than what are displayed under the library name, click More at the end of the table list. Then the Select Table window opens, as shown below. This window enables you to scroll through or filter the tables to find and open the table that you want.

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Windows Deployment Guide at

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at